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TANLA PLATFORMS LIMITED Board/Management Information 2024

Jun 15, 2024

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Date: June 15, 2024

To,

BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, “Exchange Plaza” Dalal Street, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East), Mumbai - 400 001 Mumbai - 400 051 Scrip Code: 532790 Symbol: TANLA

Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Intimation under Regulation 30 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015

Pursuant to Regulation 30 of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“Listing Regulations”), we wish to inform that the Board of Directors of the Company in its meeting held on June15, 2024 has appointed Mr. Abhishek Jain as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) of the Company with effect from August 01, 2024. Mr. Aravind Viswanathan will continue in the current role of CFO & KMP for the closure of financials of quarter ending June 30, 2024 and ensuing Annual General Meeting and will cease to be the CFO and KMP with effect from July 31, 2024.

The required disclosures to be made pursuant to the SEBI Circular no. SEBI/HO/CFD/CFDPoD1/P/CIR/2023/123 dated July 13, 2023, in this regard, is enclosed and marked as Annexure A.

The Press Release titled “Tanla appoints Abhishek Jain as Chief Financial Officer effective August 1, 2024” is enclosed and marked as Annexure B.

The Meeting of the Board of Directors commenced at 06:45 PM IST and concluded at 07:30 PM IST.

The above information is also available on the website of the Company: www.tanla.com.

Request you to take the same on record and oblige.

Thanking you

Yours faithfully, For Tanla Platforms Limited

SESHANURA Digitally signed by SESHANURADHA CHAVA DHA CHAVA Date: 2024.06.15 19:34:32 +05'30'

Seshanuradha Chava General Counsel and Company Secretary ACS-15519

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Annexure - A

Particulars Details
Reasonforchangeviz.appointment,reappointment, resignation, removal, death orotherwise Appointment of Mr. Abhishek Jain as the Chief FinancialOfficer and Key Managerial Personnel of the Companyeffective from August 01, 2024. Mr. Aravind Viswanathanwill cease to be the Chief Financial Officer and KeyManagerial Personnel with effect from July 31, 2024.
Date of appointment / reappointment /cessation(asapplicable)&termofappointment / reappointment; The Board of Directors in its meeting held on June 15, 2024based on the recommendation of the Nomination &RemunerationCommitteeandtheAuditCommitteeconsidered and approved the appointment of Mr. AbhishekJain as Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnelof the Company effective from August 01, 2024.
Brief profile (in case of appointment) Abhishek has close to 2 decades of experience in financefunction and has handled a variety of roles across Businessfinance,M&AIntegration&divesture,Operations,Controllership, Investor relations, Treasury and FP&A. He isthe current head of Financial Planning & Analysis for WiproLimited, where he has worked in different roles from 2006. Hehas received multiple recognition including ‘Best IRprofessional’ in Sell-side Institutional Investor (ex-Japan)rankings for Technology & IT Services in 2022 and 2023.Abhishek is a Chartered Accountant by qualification.
Disclosure of relationships between directors(in case of appointment of a director) Not Applicable

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Annexure – B

Tanla appoints Abhishek Jain as Chief Financial Officer effective August 1, 2024

Hyderabad, India – June 15, 2024: Tanla Platforms Limited (NSE: TANLA; BSE:532790), India’s largest CPaaS provider announced the appointment of Abhishek Kumar Jain as Chief Financial Officer, with the appointment effective August 1, 2024. Abhishek will join Tanla post a nearly two-decade stint in Wipro Limited, a leading publicly traded IT Services company.

“I am very excited to welcome Abhishek to the Tanla family. With his varied experience in the finance domain globally, Abhishek is the perfect partner to accelerate Tanla’s momentum across all dimensions of business. I am confident he will scale the function to new heights across business enablement as well as setting new benchmarks on governance.” said Uday Reddy, Chairman & CEO of Tanla Platforms Limited.

Abhishek was heading Financial Planning & Analysis for Wipro Limited, a ~$30 billion market cap technology company listed in India and NYSE. Prior to that, he has played pivotal roles in investor relations, treasury, business finance including heading the finance function of large acquired companies of Wipro in the US. He has received multiple recognition including ‘Best IR professional’ in Sell-side Institutional Investor (ex-Japan) rankings for Technology & IT Services in 2022 and 2023.

“I am grateful to the Tanla Board for their trust and confidence in me and for giving me this opportunity. I have seen the incredible growth story of Tanla as an outsider and I am very excited to now join Uday and the leadership team to further accelerate the growth momentum and create value for all stakeholders. My priority would be to help drive profitable growth while continuing to elevate the standards of governance.” said Abhishek.

Abhishek succeeds Aravind Viswanathan, who will cease to be Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel with effect from July 31, 2024. The Board of Tanla would like to thank Aravind for his invaluable contribution to Tanla over the past 3 years as CFO. He will continue in the current role for the closure of financials of quarter ending June 30, 2024 as well as the Annual General Meeting and ensure a smooth transition to Abhishek.

About Tanla

Tanla Platforms Limited transforms the way the world collaborates and communicates through innovative CPaaS solutions. Founded in 1999, it was the first company to develop and deploy A2P SMSC in India. Today, as one of the world's largest CPaaS players, it processes more than 800 billion interactions annually and about 63% of India's A2P SMS traffic is processed through Trubloq, making it the world's largest Blockchain use case. Wisely, our patented enterprise-grade platform offers private, secure, and trusted experiences for enterprises and mobile carriers. Tanla Platforms Limited is headquartered in Hyderabad. Tanla is listed on two national exchanges, the NSE and BSE (NSE: TANLA; BSE:532790) and is included in prestigious indices such as the Nifty 500, BSE 500, Nifty Digital Index, FTSE Russell, and MSCI.

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